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Comments (5)It's funny how a similar rain pattern gets such a different response here. My town go over 2.5 inches of rain last week, but the official airport reading as about .75 inches. The .75 inch downpour made the front page, but the main point was that even with all that rain, we shouldn't get complacent, because we're still in drought and still about 40% below normal for the water year....See Morewater: ro, rain water, misting, watering
Comments (2)This is a very broad question. You might need a lot of humidity for some Genera, for others with a strong wet dry cycle you might need not so much. I have two glasshouses with no misters but i grow Genera that will survive on lower humidity. Agree with Jane, there is nothing wrong with most tap water. In fact the tap water here is great. I do water with rainwater but that is only because i want to water my orchids at appropriate times, not when allowed by the continuing water restrictions. As for reducing the temperatures. Again, that depends on what you are trying to grow. Just looked at the max/min thermometer at head height in my warm glasshouse. Not reset for several months and it says Min 10C/Max 41.5C . I know a few growers with glasshouses set up with misters and the plants to my eye look too sappy. It all depends on what is in your collection. Ignore the above if you are trying to simulate tropical montane conditions. I'm using a complete fertilizer with trace elements to make for the lack of minerals in water from my rainwater tank....See MoreWater, water, water everywhere 4 pics
Comments (12)I'm just glad the nearest river is 6 miles in one direction and the next closest is 13 miles in another. Our flooding is all overland! ANy little creek or low spot is filled and overflowing pronto! DD and the boys got a reverse 911 call last night to inform them of two roads closed in her town. She lives 6 miles away from where she works, now has to drive a 30 mile detour to get to work,school and daycare because of washed out roads. The weather man assures everyone the water wont go down too fast because our ground is so saturated with the heavy rain we had last November, before we got this ton or two of snow! So it is slow going....See MoreWater Pressure coming from both water lines inside water heater room
Comments (6)I have the water heater completely disconnected and hoses running from the pipes sticking out of the wall. The hoses run down into the washing machine. When I turn the main water line on water comes out both pipes at the same pressure. This has nothing to do with a water heater. Since the pipes are inside the wall I cannot check them for a crossover pipe. The last water heater was in 2012 and I don't remember having any problems with that tank type heater. In 2012 I added a tankless water heater and it never worked right. So I decided that I wanted to change back to a tank water heater. As a test and trying to remember which line coming out of the wall was the inlet, I put hoses on it and put them down in the washing machine and turn the water on to see which one produce the Water. Surprise, they both shooting water at the same high pressure. There is the problem....See Morekec01
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